ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,600, issued on March 18, was assigned to CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY (Xuzhou, China).

"Joint imaging system based on unmanned aerial vehicle platform and image enhancement fusion method" was invented by Zhenlu Shao (Xuzhou, China), Xiaoxing Zhong (Xuzhou, China), Rong Deng (Xuzhou, China), Tong Yang (Xuzhou, China), Guangchen Qu (Xuzhou, China), Huisong Zhang (Xuzhou, China), Zhaolong Wang (Xuzhou, China), Chentao Ye (Xuzhou, China) and Tao Zhou (Xuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint imaging system based on unmanned aerial vehicle platform and an image enhancement fusion method are provided. The system i...